| Track | Band | Album | Year | Track | Time | Comment |
| 7 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III | 1970 | Immigrant Song | 2.25 | Known as the definitive Heavy Metal band |
| 1 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 1970 | Black Sabbath | 6.19 | Debut album from the four teenage friends from Aston, Birmingham |
| 1 | Jethro Tull | Aqualung | 1971 | Aqualung | 6.31 | First Tull album I bought, First wife Jenny co-wrote the song |
| 2 | Gentle Giant | Acquiring The Taste | 1971 | Edge of Twilight | 3.49 | Band born out of the ruins of Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (an R&B based outfit) |
| 5 | Santana | Santana III | 1971 | Everybody’s Everything | 3.33 | Greg Rollie on lead vocals |
| 8 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972 | Smoke On The Water | 5.40 | Inspired by a fire at the venue the band planned to use to record the album |
| 6 | Humble Pie | Smokin’ | 1972 | 30 Days In The Hole | 3.57 | 3rd album, by this time Frampton had left and been replaced by Clem Clemson |
| 1 | David Bowie | Aladdin Sane | 1973 | Jean Genie | 4.08 | Reached no. 2 in the Charts |
| 3 | String Driven Thing | The Machine That Cried | 1973 | Night Club | 5.05 | Scottish band, led by the husband and wife team of Chris and Pauline Adams |
| 1 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Second Helping | 1974 | Sweet Home Alabama | 4.45 | 2nd album, Southern Rock at its finest |
| 6 | U.F.O. | Phenomenon | 1974 | Oh My | 3.10 | Vocalist Phil Mogg |
| 3 | Rory Gallagher | Irish Tour | 1974 | Tattoo’d Lady | 5.04 | Irish Guitarist, passed away in 1995 at the age of 47 |
| 2 | Bad Company | Straight Shooter | 1975 | Feel Like Making Love | 5.14 | Paul Rodgers on vocals |
| 3 | Pure Prairie League | Two Lane Highway | 1975 | Runner | 2.39 | Lead vocalist Craig Fuller had left band and was replaced by Larry Goshorn |
| 6 | Blondie | Blondie | 1976 | X Offender | 3.12 | The band’s first single |
| 1 | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 | Kid Charlemagne | 4.38 | Fifth album, Guitar Solo by Larry Carlton |
| 13 | Supertramp | Even In The Quietest Moments | 1977 | Give A Little Bit | 4.08 | The band’s biggest hit |
| 2 | 10cc | Deceptive Bends | 1977 | The Things We Do For Love | 3.29 | Band initially known as ‘Hotlegs’, song is a Beatles pastiche |
| 10 | Genesis | And Then There Were Three | 1978 | The Lady Lies | 6.05 | 9th album, second phase of the band |
| 9 | Rainbow | Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll | 1978 | Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll | 4.24 | Band features Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio on vocals |
| 8 | The Stranglers | Black And White | 1978 | Nice ‘N’ Sleazy | 3.12 | 1st single from 3rd album |
| 7 | Elvis Costello | Armed Forces | 1979 | Accidents Will Happen | 3.01 | 3rd album, 2nd with the Attractions |
| 4 | Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1979 | Comfortably Numb | 6.53 | 11th album, Roger Waters penned song |
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Fantastic show last week Max and brilliant idea to do year by year. Well done!